Books I couldn't put down- with an African bias

A Listmania! list by Sally Fish
 
I Know This Much is True
1.  I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
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  "A wonderful novel that tells of identical twins: a paranoid schizophrenic and his brother whose life is dominated by his resentment of and love for his damaged twin"
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House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-torn Zimbabwe
2.  House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb
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  "A compelling novel about modern day Zimbabwe"
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
3.  Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
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  "A fantastic novel about childhood in Africa"
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What is the What
4.  What is the What by Dave Eggers
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  "An astonishing, soul-wrenching novel about Valentino Achak Deng a Sudanese rufugee"
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We Need To Talk About Kevin (Five Star Paperback)
5.  We Need To Talk About Kevin (Five Star Paperback) by Lionel Shriver
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  "A gripping read about the nature nurture debate"
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A Small Town in Africa
6.  A Small Town in Africa by Daisy Waugh
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  "Leaving her cosy London existence to spend six months in the remote Kenyan town of Isiolo, Daisy Waugh was petrified. This journal of her time there records how her initial terror and isolation turned"
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State Of The Union
7.  State Of The Union by Douglas Kennedy
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  "I couldn't put this book down, not my normal genre, it was a fascinating story of a life less lived"
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The Time Traveler's Wife
8.  The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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  "A different take on a story, a great idea and a non putdownable read"
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Last updated: 01/07/2007
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